Jalapeno Inferno

Great time sitting on the patio and enjoying some amazing fajitas, and excellent BOSS margs. Vast menu with a wide variety of choices. Next time I’m going for those spinach enchiladas… YUMMMIE. Can’t go wrong here

Great food, service and lunch specials. Had the carne asada and shrimp fajitas, yummm

My expectations for this place were not high - my chum and I had plans to meet up with someone nearby at Soul Cafe, and we ended up accidentally being...two and a half hours early. Rather than spend most of that time looking for a place to eat, we figured this was by far the most convenient option, and strolled in. Even when we walked in, nothing I saw blew me away. Apparently it's a bit of a ghost kitchen, so the dine-in customers were minimal and the vast majority of orders/food we saw were for to-go orders. There was a bar right by the entrance with a few people, so we settled in there and had a surprisingly pleasant time. Our bartender was awesome. Sam was super friendly and hospitable, and the defacto leader of what turned out to be an "everyone knows your name" bar. When we finished our lunches and still had probably 90 minutes or so to kill, she very graciously let us hang out with nothing but waters and chips/salsa until it was finally time to go to the other end of the parking lot. (Both Jalapeno Inferno and Soul Cafe are in the same larger strip mall, probably a three- or four-minute walk from each other, if that.) We became temporary chums with several local customers, who gave us insight into the Scottsdale area as out-of-towners, and I even stumbled across a former high school English teacher who had just as many opinions about Lord of the Flies as I did. (Team Piggy.) The food itself wasn't too memorable, honestly. We did end up having quite a few generic Mexican-ish dishes in Arizona like this, and they kind of blended together. When we met up with another one of my friends later who's lived in the Phoenix area for several years, she told us the food scene isn't considered that impressive, especially when it comes to trying to find authentic ethnic cuisines that you'd assume were pretty prevalent. So I don't want to claim here that this place specifically was just run of the mill, because it seemed to be a pretty pervasive trend. That said, my lunch was fine. I ordered the carne asada fajita lunch, which was about $15. I'm not usually a huge fajita fan because I don't like crunchy shizzle in my food (which is kind of a hallmark of this dish), but this version thankfully didn't have peppers, onions, etc. - it actually had a lot of accompaniments that I associate with burritos, such as rice, beans and guac. Very standard but welcome. I usually don't have a strong, favorable opinion of a bar unless I've had a few drinks there. This is one of the rare instances where I really enjoyed myself for a few hours at one with nothing but water. The clientele and barkeep were the stars here, not the food. For one random slow Wednesday afternoon, we passed the time with new friends and I'd return solely on that basis.

Enjoyed lunch yesterday with my husband and daughter. Our food was fresh and perfect. Our servicer John Murphy was one of the best I have enountered in years. Happy, engaging, you could tell he really cared that we enjoyed our meal. He is a gem for this restaurant. My only negative was that the tamale was sweet.

Came here with my 90 yr old parents with with low expectations. The staff were awesome. From the hostess to waitress so patient and accommodating. Food was way better than I expected. Bartender even ran into kitchen to find a bag for my parents leftovers. If your used to AZ food order the more spicy ones with pepper sign next to it on menu. They aren’t hot just spicy. Definitely be back! So refreshing to have a waitress actually care and pay attention to your needs and so patient. Thank you!!